Protect Downeast works to ensure the health and well-being of this special area of the Maine coast. Our coalition works with fishermen and women, clammers, wormers, residents and all those who care about industrial scale development in the sunrise county. We inform and engage the public in a process that protects the economic future and environment of Downeast Maine.
The Kingfish project in Jonesport should be stopped for some very good reasons. This project will endanger our economy, environment, and the character of Doweast Maine. We will lose so much that we will never get back. Kingfish is about one thing – making money for foreign investors at the expense of Maine people. Maine has a history of being an extraction state whether it’s our water resources, mining or in this case our ocean and the ecosystem within it. We ask you to join with us so Jonesport’s people and traditional fisheries are protected and can continue to the benefit of all who live, work, and recreate on the water.
– Harvester by Glenda Beal
April 10, 2023: Court Filing
March 7, 2023: Board of Appeals decision
February 28 at 6 PM: Appeals Board Hearing on Kingfish application – ratification of earlier vote.
February 15 at 6 PM: Appeals Board Hearing on Kingfish application (held at the Peabody Memorial Library)
February 14 at 6 PM: Appeals Board Hearing on Kingfish application
January 31 at 6 PM: Appeals Board Hearing on Kingfish application
January 26, 2023: Jonesport Appeals Board Filing for Protect Downeast
January 17 at 7 PM: Planning Board Meeting
December 2, 2022: Jonesport Appeals Board Filing for Protect Downeast
This is how industrialization will eventually claim Maine’s coastal waters – with cunning, expensive lobbyists doing their thing and state agencies as willing partners.
A large-scale, land-based aquaculture facility is one step closer to breaking ground after the Board of Appeals unanimously upheld the Planning Board’s decision to approve the project.
The pristine and productive marine environment in Chandler and Englishman Bays where Jonesport, Roque Bluffs, and Roque Island are situated is now threatened by the plans of Kingfish Maine to build an industrial-sized, land-based fish farm in Jonesport.
The Kingfish project in Jonesport should be stopped for some very good reasons. This project will endanger our economy, environment, and the character of Doweast Maine. We will lose so much that we will never get back. Kingfish is about one thing – making money for foreign investors at the expense of Maine people. Maine has a history of being an extraction state whether it’s our water resources, mining or in this case our ocean and the ecosystem within it. We ask you to join with us so Jonesport’s people and traditional fisheries are protected and can continue to the benefit of all who live, work, and recreate on the water.
